Horn Mask
Mixed Media,
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Details
Mixed Media
paper mache, fabric flowers, pratley putty, string, spray paint
W: 800mm x H: 900mm x D: 300mm
W: 31" x H: 35" x D: 12"
Approx. Weight: 0.5kg
This work is
unframed
Price
US$ 260
Scale
About "Horn Mask"
Always inteterested in performance images I created this for one of my DJ reunion gigs at Intensity Night Club, Bothas Hill. There were many technical problems creating this mask: it is completley hollow and it is very large. The ridges were made by winding thick string around the tube of the horn, and then overplastering with paper mache. White sparay paint and dashes of blue and yellow completed the impression. The pink roses were sprayed with white paint giving them that 'frozen ceramic' look. I had initially intended to use theatre glue to paste the horns individually directly onto my head. However the glue proved too weak to sustain application. Through trial and error I reverted to a more conventional solution: to join the masks centrally, add an elastic connection at the back, and adorn the base of the horns with fabric roses which I made myself. ;-)
The ibex was venerated as being the symbol of agility and power. Its agility and capacity to climb the highest peaks was considered to be related to some super-power not existing in humans. Because as one climbs the high mountainous regions the air becomes thinner and oxygen concentration reduces. It becomes more and more difficult to breathe on these high mountains. But the ibex has no such problem. It can jump from rock to rock without any difficulty and climb the highest peaks. This special power was probably one main reason for venerating the ibex as a sacred animal. Another important reason for venerating the ibex was its capacity to approach the sun.
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About Helge Olle
Photographer: Gerald Botha of Stella Nova Studios, Kloof, KZN 2016
Costume design and construction, make-up, concept: Helge Janssen.
The period of disaster has lifted. PRICE of works has been updated.
My art is formed through a combination of myth, psyche, archetype and innovation drawn from life's many many influences...and has even amazed me with its portent...drawn from a deeply intuitive cognitive consciousness. We have so much more information as our source of inspiration amid a myriad of vying energies.
There was a time 1995 when I approached every single gallery in Gauteng searching for an exhibition space. All of them had a two year plus waiting list. But it was not until I approached a Gallery in the vicinity of the Market Square when the curator took out a book from New York and said to me: look at this....this is the type of art that will get you an exhibition.
With the current madness and orchestrated insanity busy bombing our minds daily, with full intention to DISORIENTATE, OBFUSCATE and DEMORALISE our lives, we have to stand strong and focused.
It is more important than ever that these moronic forces that are hell bent on subjugating the world to its morass of dubious and despicable control mechanisms by robbing us of our sovereignty are defeated. It is a GIVEN that their plans are so DELUDED that they will never succeed. The mere fact that they even THINK that their plan will succeed is alarming enough. It has FAILURE built into it. What it boils down to is that they are trying to take as many people as they can with them. It is THEIR end game. It is THEIR fear. It is THEIR stupidity.
And of course being shadow banned as an artist is shameful. But the more I am ignored, hidden, the more powerful my work becomes. It is a given. Thank you in advance.
Price Range
US$ 56-12,147
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Exhibitions
too numerous to mention but held a RETROSPECTIVE of nine paintings on an invite from artist/filmmaker Aryan Kaganof at his VIRGINS exhibition at the KZNSA art gallery 2002. I also performed a solo experimental piece, plus showcased some fashion garments at the opening.
Also a solo show at Chilliplum restaurant, Hillcrest 2013.
"The mechanism whereby change happens in a democracy is to speak out. And if nobody listens, then to speak louder" - David Lewis.
Education
Natal Teachers' Senior Diploma III (Botany and Zoology)
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